Brett Veach reveals Hollywood Brown’s injury made him seek another player to sign with the Chiefs

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Sometimes it’s hard to understand how the Kansas City Chiefs managed to win two consecutive Super Bowls with such a weak and fragile receiving corps. But then the idea that only offense wins games falls apart.

Of course, you have to take into account the organisation as a whole, from the coaching staff to the front office, as well as the genius who carries great responsibility with unbelievable leadership: Patrick Mahomes.

Even so, the franchise has been feeling the negative effects of not having consistency with the wide receivers. It was time for a change.

During offseason, Kansas City made some great moves. By far, bringing in Hollywood Brown was the better decision. And one that has good chance of being remembered by Chiefs Nation.

So much excitement for Hollywod Brown that it ended up causing sadness

The expectation of seeing Brown out there, catching touchdowns from Mahomes, was quickly dashed.

In KC’s first preseason game, in the first half, Hollywood got injured and could no longer play. He suffered a sternoclavicular injury, which could leave him out of the start of the regular season, i.e. the most complicated games.

His condition is comparable to the one Tyreek Hill had in 2019, which left him out of four games.

Chiefs general manager Brett Veach held a video press conference with local journalists last Thursday. He said about not being confortable to talk about players’ health status.

“I don’t like talking about medical [things], because if I say something and [a player is] ahead of that timeline, or behind that timeline, then I don’t want to put any more pressure on the kid.”

He then confirmed that Brown’s injury has something to do with Hill’s have had in the past.

“I could probably confidently say it was similar to Tyreek. It falls in line with the timeline that [he] went through. But I know [Hollywood’s] here every day – and he’s to the point now where he can laugh without pain; that’s a good thing,” said.

“So he’s certainly trending in the right direction, and there was a reason why we didn’t put him on the IR [to begin the] season,” he added, bringing some relief to the fans.

Hollywood’s injury prompted Brett Veach to act quickly and sign another WR

From the moment Brown fell on the pitch and people realised he would be out of the game, KC’s general manager didn’t hesitate to go after a new reinforcement for the pass-catchers unit.

It was then that talks began with JuJu Smith-Schuster. A few days later, he signed a contract with the franchise.

“Once we got out of the Jacksonville game, [when] Hollywood got hurt, [we] had some conversations with JuJu’s agent. And as we were going through our roster, some of the other guys – [Nikko] Remigio had a good camp, Justyn Ross had a good camp [and] Montrell Washington had a good cam, but [on] some of the things, you know how coach works with just light components.”

Veach chose Smith-Schuster because he already knows the Chiefs’ system and can actually get on the field with Travis Kelce and do some damage.

“There’s some of this intermediate stuff that he does well with Travis that we thought JuJu did better than the other players. And he’s a bigger player than some of those smaller guys. And then with some of the intermediate route running, I think he had maybe a little bit better feel.”

Brett Veach tries to explore alternatives in Hollywood’s absence

The GM also considered having Justyn Ross to do the job, but it seems that the lack of development has taken him off the radar.

“We all know Justyn can make plays outside the numbers, and use the size. I think as he continues to develop, that will be something that he’ll need to work on. And I think we feel confident he will.

“But I just think that JuJu’s experience in this offense, and that feel for that position, gives us the ability to kind of sub these guys out, give him blows and hopefully still match that kind of production.”

Ross didn’t make the 53-man roster, but was given the chance to stay in the practice squad.

There is still uncertainty about when Hollywood will get back to work, but we hope it will be soon.